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the data coming from mckinsey around education. the student visas. you get it one year after period to work in the united states. many% had back immediately after they get their degrees from here. you might say that is anecdotal. let's think about the united states. this is something i heard last week. stephen breyer -- i will recommend you get his book. "making democracy work." the united states survived over a century without having the universal suffrage in the way that we live today. the u.s. constitution was written in 1787. it was clearly are ticketed -- it was clearly articulated. it took the united states until 1956 before you had universal suffrage and a fairness in this country. it was impossible to build institutions and to have sustainable growth that has propelled the world to new levels of income levels and so on without having a democratic society in the way that we know it today. i think we need more patience. they are having discussions in china around this. the question is about implementation. they say, we get it. we know we need d
the data coming from mckinsey around education. the student visas. you get it one year after period to work in the united states. many% had back immediately after they get their degrees from here. you might say that is anecdotal. let's think about the united states. this is something i heard last week. stephen breyer -- i will recommend you get his book. "making democracy work." the united states survived over a century without having the universal suffrage in the way that we live...
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>> [inaudible] or education or journalism because they're a bunch of dolts. i do not believe that. they can be used for bad. it is not media. it is not a mediator. it connects us. maybe it is a social connector. very important to say they were not done by tools, there were done by a brave people with vision. all they have is a few new tools. >> if i were able to produce a ukulele, would you be willing to place a song? -- play us a song? >> and a microphone. >> thank you. ♪ >> i love your question and i love your answer. i want to go on record saying i have never seen more positive change than hanging out on twitter for the last few years. it is extraordinary what is happening and especially looking at young people and what they're being exposed to. and how they're connecting, you know, it is amazing. and i have never called it [inaudible] media. is someone else's job. we just use it. ♪ this is a song for you. i am not ukulele player. i am a piano player. you will understand why. ♪ side vicious played a four string bass guitar and could not sing ♪ ♪ everyone hated him exce
>> [inaudible] or education or journalism because they're a bunch of dolts. i do not believe that. they can be used for bad. it is not media. it is not a mediator. it connects us. maybe it is a social connector. very important to say they were not done by tools, there were done by a brave people with vision. all they have is a few new tools. >> if i were able to produce a ukulele, would you be willing to place a song? -- play us a song? >> and a microphone. >> thank you....
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we have saved for their education. can you imagine making $7.75 an hour and him being able to save and paper his education like i was able to? with the cost of vindication today, it is not possible. like i said, we have saved, so he will be ok, but at howard community college, i see everyday young people working really hard and still not being able to pay for their education. i can see how much they wanted. i see them working multiple jobs, taking class's, caring for families, and it is just harder and harder for them. that is where we get to the fiscal cliff issue. without help in the form of funding for community colleges, job training, pell grants, these striving, hard-working, deserving young people will be left out. they will be out of luck. america will be out of luck cows well. the next bill gates or mark zuckerberg were the start working at a taco bell because there'd be no way for them to move up or move out. to put it another way, someone has to make money available to help these young people. something has t
we have saved for their education. can you imagine making $7.75 an hour and him being able to save and paper his education like i was able to? with the cost of vindication today, it is not possible. like i said, we have saved, so he will be ok, but at howard community college, i see everyday young people working really hard and still not being able to pay for their education. i can see how much they wanted. i see them working multiple jobs, taking class's, caring for families, and it is just...
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at the same time you are cutting pell grants, you are cutting education and research. you are allowing the country to fall apart. we ask the citizens of this country need to look beneath the rhetoric and do little research and we will find out that what the republican party is really doing is constantly giving us a snow job. that is my comment. >> that is frank in detroit. this is mike in pomeroy, ohio, republican. >> thanks for taking my call. i did want to say i am very disappointed at what is going on here. i have been paying into social security for 40 years. i don't think that is an entitlement. i paid into it. i will say this, i have been a republican the biggest part of my life, and i will never, ever vote republican again as far as big as long as i live. >> here are some more tweets that we have received. this is a tweet that we received from gina. if you heard brian earlier, he is 14 years old. he has read the bill and had some opinions on it as well. mike in little creek, california, independent line. what are your thoughts about this fiscal cliff process? >>
at the same time you are cutting pell grants, you are cutting education and research. you are allowing the country to fall apart. we ask the citizens of this country need to look beneath the rhetoric and do little research and we will find out that what the republican party is really doing is constantly giving us a snow job. that is my comment. >> that is frank in detroit. this is mike in pomeroy, ohio, republican. >> thanks for taking my call. i did want to say i am very...
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that's his first legislation, before sputnik, even, he supports federal education. he supports a number of liberal issues. there are more conservative issues that he was voting for, but not because he's conservative. does that answer your question? \[laughter] >> a history lesson. >> the point i was trying to make is if you look at his total record, i can go on forever, but it's scattered throughout the book, in the obama chapter, there's an endorsement of president obama. everyone said he changed. no, he's always been consistent on this. >> any other questions? all right. well, thank you both so much for joining us. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tomorrow night, and interviews with two and outgoing members of congress, dan burton talks about his 30 years in the house of representatives and kent conrad on his five terms in office. you can see both of those interviews on c-span beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> as president obama begins his second term, what is the most i
that's his first legislation, before sputnik, even, he supports federal education. he supports a number of liberal issues. there are more conservative issues that he was voting for, but not because he's conservative. does that answer your question? \[laughter] >> a history lesson. >> the point i was trying to make is if you look at his total record, i can go on forever, but it's scattered throughout the book, in the obama chapter, there's an endorsement of president obama. everyone...
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i think it is education. if people are educated in firearms, there'll be less scare people out there. guest: james is right about the issue with serial numbers on various parts. particularly assault rifles and can be reassembled in various ways. there are things that can be done. you can stamp serial numbers on various parts of the action of the gun. most guns used in crime are handguns. those have less swappable parts. this point about education, that is certainly right. everyone would be a lot safer if all gun owners were required to go through some sort of safety training. a lot of folks do not go through training because there are no rules in most states requiring them to do so. it is very difficult to know whether the person who is purchasing a firearm and knows what they're doing with it and knows how to secure it. that is why a lot of these guns end up being used inadvertently or otherwise in crime or accidental shootings. host: a tweet, can you own a fully automatic machine gun anywhere in the united
i think it is education. if people are educated in firearms, there'll be less scare people out there. guest: james is right about the issue with serial numbers on various parts. particularly assault rifles and can be reassembled in various ways. there are things that can be done. you can stamp serial numbers on various parts of the action of the gun. most guns used in crime are handguns. those have less swappable parts. this point about education, that is certainly right. everyone would be a...
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making $200,000 and up to we can have a jobs for this country like we need them, in infrastructure, education, aerospace, alternative energy, research, development. the list goes on. host: that was bred in misery. next up is still, republican line, minnesota. -- phil. guest: as a republican i believe we need to pass the obama tax bill and then once we get to the ceiling of the debt we would then forced the congress to go forward with a $1 trillion debt reduction on an annual basis until it is paid off. basically, we are overspending. we have to get our debt under control. host: dan the covers it for cnn has this tweet. that is brand new from dana bash. here are some tweets from viewers using #fiscalcliff. those are some of the treats coming in. -- tweets. #fiscalcliff. caller: i have been watching what's going on in the programs and the reason i called in the first place is the debt ceiling we are now facing with sequestration that we kick the can down the road last year because they could not come up with anything and now they're going to take that down the road again and then we are coming
making $200,000 and up to we can have a jobs for this country like we need them, in infrastructure, education, aerospace, alternative energy, research, development. the list goes on. host: that was bred in misery. next up is still, republican line, minnesota. -- phil. guest: as a republican i believe we need to pass the obama tax bill and then once we get to the ceiling of the debt we would then forced the congress to go forward with a $1 trillion debt reduction on an annual basis until it is...